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Paperback. Zustand: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut Leichte Lagerspuren -The title of this volume intentionally echoes that of a landmark issue of Textus on «Languaging» in and across Human Groups, edited by Giuseppina Cortese and Dell Hymes in 2001, since the notion of 'languaging' seems to capture most effectively the essence and the continuity in the life and work of Giuseppina Cortese, to whom the book is dedicated. It brings together contributions by a number of distinguished scholars that shed new light on current developments in this dynamic area of discourse analysis, especially taking into account recent research and emerging insights on speech communities and communities of practice. The sections in the volume are designed as main threads of a new investigation into 'languaging'. The first, entitled Languaging Awareness, deals with recent findings in applied linguistics, exploring key topics in language acquisition, language learning and teaching and the changing role of the media. The second section, Languaging Identity, prioritizes the theme of the construction of identity in text and talk within a linguistic and languaging framework. The third section, Languaging Community, explores the notion of community, of the lifeworld and the textworld emanating from a variety of domains, closely inspecting contemporary events and showing, on a continuum with Cortese's approach, how memory of the past gives depth of meaning to a discourse analysis that is geared to linguistic and textual awareness. 507 pp. Englisch.

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Softcover, 22 cm. Zustand: Wie neu. 298 pp., 14 b/w ill., 6 coloured ill., 55 b/w tables, 2 graphs. A copy in mint condition. - Summary: This volume includes eleven papers pertaining to different areas of linguistics and organised into three sections. Part I contains diachronic studies which cover data from Middle English to Present-Day English and which explore phenomena such as the status of extender tags, the distribution of free adjuncts, post-auxiliary ellipsis, and the use of 'ephemeral' concessive adverbial subordinators. Part II comprises studies on grammar and language processing dealing with topics such as the interaction between syntactic and structural complexity and verbal agreement with collective subjects, the influence of distributivity and concreteness on verbal agreement, the interaction of complexity and efficiency in pronoun omission in Indian English and Singapore English, and the methods and approaches used for grammar teaching in modern EFL/ESL textbooks. Finally, Part III revolves around lexis, discourse and pragmatics, with papers that discuss the development of the discoursal representation of social actors in Argentinian newspapers after the military dictatorship, the construction of women's gender identity through positive and negative emotions in women's magazines, and spelling-to-sound correspondence on Twitter. - Contents: Introduction (Sofía Bemposta-Rivas, Carla Bouzada-Jabois and Yolanda Fernández-Pena) -- Part I: Diachronic studies -- Looking into extender tags in Late Modern English: The case of or something or other (Alba Pérez-González) -- Referential links in -ing and -ed free adjuncts in Late Modern English (Carla Bouzada-Jabois) -- Ephemerality in concessive subordinators. Evidence from the history of English (Cristina Blanco-García) -- 'We cou'd not fail of learning the Latin language, as well as we do the Modern Languages': An empirical study of the licensors and genre distribution of Post-Auxiliary Ellipsis in Late Modern English (Evelyn Gandón-Chapela) -- Part II: Grammar and language processing -- Verbal agreement with collectives taking of-dependents: Syntactic and structural complexity as determinant factors (Yolanda Fernández-Pena) -- Interactivity and opportunism in agreement operations: An experimental study on the production of subject-verb agreement in English and Spanish (Paula Márquez-Caamaño) -- The conventionalization of performance preferences: Pronoun omission in Indian English and Singapore English (Iván Tamaredo) -- How is grammar presented in modern English textbooks? What can we learn from this? (Tamilla Mammadova) -- Part III: Lexis, discourse and pragmatics -- Coming to terms with a traumatic past: Social actors in the Argentine media (Mariana Pascual) -- Evaluative language, women and advertising: The construction of women's gender identity (Marta Muñoz-Ramal) -- Spelling-to-sound adaptations on Twitter: The relationship between spelling and pronunciation in a corpus of tweets (Úrsula Kirsten-Torrado). ISBN 9783034320399 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 419.

Softcover, 22 cm. Zustand: Wie neu. 268 pp., 16 b/w ill., 27 tables, 2 graphs. A copy in mint condition. - Summary: Despite the apparent novelty and fluidity of the media today, there is strong evidence that patterns are emerging which both reflect and extend the evaluative paradigms previously observed in the print and broadcast media. In this complex scenario, discourse analysis offers a rich and varied methodology for understanding the different types of evaluation conveyed through media texts and the way these project, reflect and develop their relationships with their audience. The chapters in this volume draw on a variety of analytical tools, including appraisal analysis, argumentation theory, multimodal approaches and corpus linguistics, to address the issue of evaluation in media discourse. The theoretical underpinning for these chapters ranges from corpus-informed discourse studies, through critical discourse analysis and semio-communicative approaches, to Bakhtinian perspectives. Although the chapters are all in English, the scope of the volume is broadly European, covering aspects of the British, Spanish, Dutch and German media in their traditional and online manifestations, as well as contrastive studies. - Contents: Introduction (Ruth Breeze / Inés Olza) -- Stancetaking and inter/subjectivity in journalistic discourse: The Engagement system revisited (Juana I. Marín-Arrese) -- Concession in evaluative argumentative discourse: The semantics, pragmatics and discourse functions of but and although (María de los Ángeles Gómez González) -- Evaluation in the headlines of tabloids and broadsheets: A comparative study (Laura Alba-Juez) -- Negotiating futures in socio-technical controversies in the media: strategies of opinion orientation (Paola Catenaccio) -- The banality of evil. A study about translating "los desaparecidos" in the German and English press (Frank J. Harslem) -- "A life well lived of a lady well loved": The power of appraisal in the comments section (Isabel Corona) -- The evaluative potential of colonial metaphor scenarios in (written) media representations of Spain's economic expansion. Spanish investors as forceful aggressors or audacious pioneers? (Jasper Vandenberghe) -- Re-articulating critical awareness about racism in public discourse: Changing one's mind on the Black Pete debates in the Netherlands (Jan Zienkowski). ISBN 9783034320146 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320.

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. VI, 246 pp., 1 fig. b/w, 47 tables, 8 graphs. A perfect copy. - Summary: Reflecting current understanding of vocabulary as a multifaceted construct, this edited volume presents a collection of qualitative and quantitative studies which shed light on key theoretical concepts associated with learning and using vocabulary in second language contexts. Themes explored in the volume include the concept of partial vocabulary knowledge, the relationship between reading ability and vocabulary knowledge, the specialised vocabulary of high school science, morphological and orthographical components of word learning, the impact of word aspects on difficulty of learning, the nature of affix knowledge, and early speech development. The findings presented in the volume contribute to our growing and deepening appreciation of the contribution of vocabulary knowledge to learning and using language in second language contexts. - Contents: Introduction (David Hirsh) -- Partial Vocabulary Knowledge of Young English as Foreign Language Learners (Hua Flora Zhong) -- How is Vocabulary Knowledge Related to Reading Ability in a Second Language Context? (Xuan Wang) -- The Specialised Vocabulary of High School Science (Warren Matsuoka / David Hirsh) -- Metalinguistic Knowledge of Morphology and Orthography in L2 Word Learning (Chen-Chun Lin) -- Difficulty Level of Word Aspects: An Exploratory Study on Developmental Hierarchy of Vocabulary Acquisition (Hua Flora Zhong / David Hirsh) -- Investigating Receptive and Productive Affix Knowledge in EFL Learners (Apisak Sukying) -- Experts on Language Learning: The Shaping of Children's Speech Development During the First Two Years of Life Through Universal and Language-specific Characteristics (Yuko Yamashita). ISBN 9783034329408 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 538.

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Softcover, 23 cm. Zustand: Sehr gut. 300 pp., num. graphs and tables. A perfect copy. - Summary: The main thrust of this edited book is the development of Malaysian English (ME) as a new variety of English from the 1950s to the first decade of the 21st century. The book comprises nine chapters on different aspects of the variety based on original research. The journey ME has taken as a postcolonial variety is discussed in terms of its linguistic development within the current frameworks of World Englishes (WE), particularly with regard to the evolution of new Englishes. Thus, the book discusses a range of ME linguistic and development issues such as lexis, phonology, modality, discoursal features, linguistic style and variation based on a variety of spoken, written, formal, informal, literary and non-literary language data. The findings from the studies contribute new knowledge on how ME has developed and also importantly, the realities and prospects of the variety as a dynamic and rich New English. - Contents: Postcolonial Malaysian English: Realities and Prospects: Hajar Abdul Rahim / Shakila Abdul Manan -- Malaysian English Lexis: Postcolonial and Beyond: Hajar Abdul Rahim -- The Monophthongs and Diphthongs of Malaysian English: An Instrumental Analysis: Stefanie Pillai -- Phonological Variation in the Speech Production of Malaysian Learners of English: Alias Abd Ghani -- Modal Expressions in Malaysian English: Peter Collins -- Discoursal Features of Malaysian English in Malaysian Short Stories: Rita Abdul Rahman Ramakrishna -- The Linguistics of Creativity: Nativising Malaysian Postcolonial Creative Writings in English: Shakila Abdul Manan -- Malaysian English in Postcolonial Adaptations of Shakespeare in Malaysia: Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah -- Miscommunication in Filipino-Malaysian Interactions: Intercultural Discourse in English: Francisco Perlas Dumanig / Maya Khemlani David. ISBN 9783034313414 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 428.

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Hardcover, 23 cm. Zustand: Sehr gut. 189 pp., 2 b/w ill., 26 b/w tables. A perfect copy. - Summary: Textbooks have long been considered a pivotal learning and teaching resource in classrooms. However, there is a paucity of research on how teachers use textbooks in relation to their beliefs, with analytic methods in such studies mainly restrained to content-based thematic analysis. To this end, from the perspectives of Halliday's (1994) systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and Vygostky's (1978) socio-cultural theory (SCT), this book explores how a Chinese college English teacher acts upon his beliefs and uses textbooks to mediate his students' English learning in his classroom. Drawing on constructs of the SFL-based appraisal and speech function as well as interview excerpts, the study reveals that in the textbook-based classroom the Chinese college English teacher acts upon his beliefs that are constructed by diverse contextual factors. Implications of this study include using SFL and SCT to explore educators' beliefs and practices and also providing effective teacher education for Chinese college English instructors to reshape their beliefs so that they are better prepared to use textbooks in classrooms. - Contents: 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Statement of the Problem -- 1.2 Conceptual Framework -- 1.3 Purpose of the Study -- 1.4 Significance of the Study -- 1.5 Methodology -- 1.6 Overview of the Chapters -- 2. Literature Review on the Textbook, Teachers' Practices and Beliefs -- 2.1 The Role of Textbooks -- 2.2 Studies on the Content of ELT Textbooks -- 2.3 Studies on Textbooks and Teachers' Use -- 2.4 Studies on Teachers' Beliefs and Textbook-based Instruction -- 2.5 Summary -- 3. Underlying Theories of the Study -- 3.1 Learning to Use Language: A Systemic Functional Perspective -- 3.2 SCT as a Learning Theory to Understand Textbook Use -- 3.3 SFL's Discourse Perspective on Teachers' Talk-based Mediation -- 3.4 Teachers' Beliefs as Evaluative Stances -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. College English Teaching in China -- 4.1 Necessity of Context of Culture for Research -- 4.2 The Path of English Becoming the First Foreign Language in China -- 4.3 Curriculum Change -- 4.4 College English Test -- 4.5 EFL Teacher Education and Its Impact on Teaching Practices -- 4.6 The Textbook and Its Adoption in China's EFL Classroom -- 4.7 Summary -- 5. Methodology of the Study -- 5.1 A Qualitative Case Study Approach -- 5.2 Research Site and Participants: Context of Situation -- 5.3 Researcher's Role and Ethics -- 5.4 Data Collection -- 5.5 Data Transcription and Coding -- 5.6 Data Analysis -- 5.7 Limitations of the Study -- 5.8 Summary -- 6. The EFL Teacher's Beliefs about Textbook Use -- 6.1 Tong's Beliefs as Evaluative Stances -- 6.2 A Contextual Explanation of Tong's Belief Discourse -- 6.3 Summary of the Chapter -- 7. The EFL Teacher's Teaching Practices in the Textbook-based EFL Classroom -- 7.1 Tong's Textbook Use: An SFL-based Speech Function Analysis -- 7.2 Beliefs and Practice: The Relationship between the Two -- 7.3 A Contextual Explanation of Tong's Teaching Practices on Textbook Use -- 7.4 Summary -- 8. Discussions and Implications -- 8.1 Research Questions Revisited -- 8.2 The Power of the SFL-based Appraisal System in Investigating the Focal Teacher's Beliefs -- 8.3 A Peculiar SFL-based Stratification of Contextual Factors to Explain the Focal Teacher's Belief Discourse -- 8.4 The Power of the SFL-based Speech Function in Revealing the Focal Teacher's Textbook Use in relation to His Beliefs -- 8.5 The Peculiarity of the SFL-based Contextual Explanation for the 'Gap' between the Focal Teacher's Beliefs and Textbook Use -- 8.6 Implications of the Study. ISBN 9783034330534 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 396.

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Softcover, 23 cm. Zustand: Sehr gut. 380 pp. A perfect copy. - Summary: The notion of 'genre' has established itself as a key concept in many disciplines and fields as a means of describing social action and/or recurring patterns of form. Recent social and technological changes are driving the emergence of new genres, the evolution of traditional ones as well as variation within them. In this volume a range of approaches addressing the evolution of genre are presented. Many draw on corpus analysis of the lexicogrammatical features employed in the communicative artefacts addressed; several extend traditional corpus analysis to include non-linguistic or extra-linguistic features involved in multimodal communication. Connections with social theories are discussed, as is the notion of families or groups of genres co-existing within broader constellations. Genres are examined in detail for their linguistic and non-linguistic realisations and forms of expression across related genres and within the 'same' genre when subjected to differing social or medial constraints or possibilities. In all cases, we see how genre continues to function as an effective tool for following communication as it, its contexts of use, and its social functions evolve. - Contents: Evolution in Genre: Emergence, Variation, Multimodality: John A. Bateman, Paola Evangelisti Allori, Vijay K. Bhatia -- I. Emerging Genres -- The Evolution of Business Discourse and the Emergence of the Corporate Social Responsibility Paradigm: An Investigation of CSR Reports: Paola Catenaccio -- Variation in Apologetic Strategies in Annual Company Reports: Rhetorical Functions of Lexical-Syntactical Patterns: Cinzia Giglioni -- Investigating Variation in Medical Poster Abstracts: Stefania M. Maci -- II. Genre Variability -- Managing Interdiscursive Space in Professional Communication: Vijay K. Bhatia -- Trial Proceeding Transcripts as Genre: Decontextualization and Recontextualization: Michela Giordano -- Anything for a Laugh: Creating and Maintaining Humour from Script to Subtitling in the British TV Situation Comedy: Gillian Mansfield -- Alignment Strategies and Genre Variation in Students' Graph Commentaries: Carmen Sancho-Guinda -- From Business Letters to E-mails: Balancing Tradition and Change: Franca Poppi -- Genre Variation in Mediation Practice: Traditional vs Online Processes: Maurizio Gotti, Larissa D'Angelo -- III. Multimodality in Genres -- Genre in the Age of Multimodality: Some Conceptual Refinements for Practical Analysis: John A. Bateman -- Transgeneric Multimodal Designs across Business and Academic Communication: the Case of Multimedia Kits: Carmen Daniela Maier -- Collaborative Writing and Linking: When Technology Interacts with Genres in Meaning Construction: Sandra Petroni -- Emerging Conventions in the Verbal Component of the 'About' Page of British University Websites: Luisa Caiazzo -- Genre Variation in Electoral Campaigns: Adaptation to the Audience in UK Posters and TV Debates: Chiara Degano. ISBN 9783034315333 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540.

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Hardcover, 23 cm. Zustand: Sehr gut. 362 pp., 38 b/w ill., 2 coloured ill., 29 b/w tables. A perfect copy. - Summary: This book is an interdisciplinary study of English binominal quantitative constructions based on English-Chinese comparison. Taking three perspectives, i.e. a functional-typological perspective, a cognitive approach, and a corpus-based method, it aims to unveil the hidden categorisation process behind the usage of English binominal quantitative constructions and to reveal the language universal in cognising the concepts of 'Quantity' and 'Quality'. It argues against treating Chinese and English as members of two opposing typological camps concerning quantification modes ('classifier languages' versus 'non-classifier languages') and advocates to view the two languages as lying within a more extended and inclusive system, viz. a system of quantification and categorisation modes, or a Quantity-Quality continuum. - Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification of Classifiers and English QNCs: A Typological Perspective -- 3. Categorisation by NCs and QNCs: A Cognitive Perspective -- 4. A Corpus-Based Methodology -- 5. 1-D QNC Categories: Case Studies of Thread, Strip, and Column -- 6. 2-D QNC Categories: Case Studies of Sheet and Slice -- 7. Conclusion. ISBN 9783034328180 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 689.

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